Cards & Materials
PVC card
A standard plastic card made of polyvinyl chloride, suitable for direct-to-card printing.
PVC is the everyday ID card material, affordable and easy to print. For higher heat or durability, see composite cards.
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PVC is the affordable, everyday choice and prints beautifully on direct-to-card printers. Its limit is heat, under the higher temperatures of retransfer printing or lamination, PVC can warp, which is when a composite card is worth the upgrade.
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